Multiscale socio-ecological networks in the age of information
Maxime Lenormand, Sandra Luque, Johannes Langemeyer, Patrizia, Tenerelli, Grazia Zulian, Inge Aalders, Serban Chivulescu, Pedro Clemente,, Jan Dick, Jiska van Dijk, Michiel van Eupen, Relu C. Giuca, Leena, Kopperoinen, Eszter Lellei-Kov\'acs, Michael Leone, Juraj Lieskovsk\'y

TL;DR
This paper introduces a multiscale socio-ecological network model using geotagged social media data to analyze human-nature interactions, revealing insights for conservation and planning at multiple spatial scales.
Contribution
It presents a novel network-based framework integrating social media data to analyze socio-ecological interactions at multiple scales.
Findings
Identified four groups of sites based on attractiveness measures.
Analyzed how visitors' origin influences interaction patterns.
Explored the effect of travel distance on spatial and temporal interactions.
Abstract
Interactions between people and ecological systems, through leisure or tourism activities, form a complex socio-ecological spatial network. The analysis of the benefits people derive from their interactions with nature -- also referred to as cultural ecosystem services (CES) -- enables a better understanding of these socio-ecological systems. In the age of information, the increasing availability of large social media databases enables a better understanding of complex socio-ecological interactions at an unprecedented spatio-temporal resolution. Within this context, we model and analyze these interactions based on information extracted from geotagged photographs embedded into a multiscale socio-ecological network. We apply this approach to 16 case study sites in Europe using a social media database (Flickr) containing more than 150,000 validated and classified photographs. After…
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TopicsLand Use and Ecosystem Services · Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation · Urban Green Space and Health
